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Search this global registry of research data repositories to find datasets. Covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines.

Social science research data in available to institutions that are not members of ICPSR.

The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

The following IMF datasets are free of charge: The International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payments, Government Finance Statistics, and Direction of Trade Statistics. Coverage varies, but in the case of IFS statistics, dates back to 1947. Customized queries can be downloaded to Excel. Users must create a free account in order to download data.

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe.

Data on voting behavior and political attitudes in the post-WWII United States. Register (for free) to download data and SAS/SPSS/Stata program files and documentation for any of the various ANES studies.

The GSS contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest.

Pew Research Center makes its data available to the public for secondary analysis after a period of time. Create an account to download datasets.

IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. Links to IPUMS data for: USA data, Current Population Survey, International, Global Health, US Census & GIS data, population & environment data, time use data, Health Surveys, and Higher Ed science & engineering.

Consists of more than fifty high-precision samples of the American population drawn from fifteen federal censuses and from the American Community Surveys of 2000-2011.

Focuses on human interactions in the environment by develop and operating applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and Earth science data. One of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of NASA.

Datasets available the Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University. OPR, founded in 1936, is one of the nation’s oldest demographic research and training centers. Register to access datasets.

A global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life. Download datasets or use on the site.

Dryad is an international repository of data with peer-reviewed articles specific to applied biosciences.

Figshare allows researchers to publish research, videos, and datasets. Figshare uses creative commons licensing to allow sharing of research data while allowing users to maintain ownership